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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Travel
Phoebe Taplin

A car-free adventure on the Isles of Scilly, Cornwall

footpath, palm trees, beach and islands
A view of Tresco from St Martin’s, Isles of Scilly. Photograph: David Chapman/Alamy

Visitors to the Isles of Scilly, about 30 miles off the Cornish coast, are not allowed to bring cars, so these walkable, flowering islands are one of the UK’s ultimate car-free destinations. A new Ocean Scilly Festival in late August will offer rock-pooling, gig racing, shipwreck tours and the chance to kayak to an uninhabited island.

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